Edward Sapir

“One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.”

“Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has...”

“More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.”

“National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry.”